Ralph David Abernathy, 64, reverend, civil-rights activist, and chief aide to Martin Luther King Jr., 17 April 1990.

Cleveland Amory, 81, author of Who Killed Society (1960) and The Cat Who Came For Christmas (1988) and animal-rights activist who founded the Fund for Animals, 14 October 1998.

Erma Bombeck, 69, humorist and author whose experiences as wife and mother provided subjects for a syndicated column and six books, 22 April 1996.

Leo F. Buscaglia, 74, writer and lecturer who promoted the power of love as a healing force, known as the "Hug Doctor," 12 June 1998.

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), 57, civil-rights activist and revolutionary, 15 November 1998.

Carlos Castaneda, 72, author of ten books detailing his experiences with mysticism and psychedelic drugs during the 1960s, 27 April 1998.

Eldridge Cleaver, 62, Black Power advocate, author of Soul on Ice (1968), and leading member of the Black Panthers, 2 May 1998.

Henry Steele Commager, 95, U.S. historian, 2 March 1998.

Walter E. Diemer, 93, inventor of bubble gum, 8 January 1998.

Judith Campbell Exner, 65, alleged mistress of...